A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Since they got back from the hospital, Mark took off the handcuffs from Tina. However, if Tina refused treatment, Mark wouldn't hesitate to lock her up again, even if it would make Tina hate him more.

Tina did not utter a word, but the resentment was clear as crystal in her eyes.

Tina hated feeling like a prisoner! She never imagined her life would come to this!

Before long, Mark brought another bowl of ointment and applied it on Tina's wounds gently.

"When do you intend on setting me free?" Tina asked, coldly.

"Doesn't it feel good to be home? No one can hurt you here and you won't have to see the faces that you don't like either," Mark answered, with tongue-in-cheek.

In the past few days, Mark's parents made several attempts to visit Tina, but every time Mark would send them back with some kind of excuse. Mark's parents felt guilty assuming that Tina did not want to see them because they wanted to welcome Emily back into the Tao family. Therefore, they decided to give Tina some time on her own, instead of constantly pestering her.

Besides, they trusted their son to take good care of Tina, so they did not have to worry about anything at all.

Frustrated and annoyed, Tina screamed at Mark, "You've kept me locked up here, against my will, Mark!"

"No, I'm protecting you," he said.

"Hypocrite," she replied.

"I don't care what you think of me," he retorted.

Mark didn't hold any grudges against Tina. He just smiled and said, "But my love for you is unconditional."

Tina warned, with contempt, "You cannot keep me locked up in here forever."

Mark did not take Tina's threat seriously until night time, when he really understood what she had meant by that.

When Mark left her alone for a little while, Tina used a piece of broken glass to cut open her wrist. The blood gushed out from the wound and dripped all over the ground.

of panic contorted his face, as he panicked and rushed to cover her wrist with tissue, before he

so resentful, you can take it out on me. Why do you hurt yourself?

if she could not feel the pain.

for her own safety hurt

have to do this?" he asked. Unlike his usual self, Mark was a little angry, as his eyes failed to hide his real emotions. Needless to say, he was angry at

"Yep, you can keep me locked up in here as long as you want, and I will keep on doing this to keep myself entertained,"

Before Mark could finish, the doctor came into the room.

not be so impulsive in the future," the doctor urged. The doctor frowned when she saw the wound on Tina's wrist, as she hurried to dress it up quickly. "Be sure to not let

didn't utter a word, until the

were fighting a silent war against each other, as

the one to take things seriously would tend to

to say, Mark was the former.

don't need to hurt yourself just to get to me. Do you

understand," she answered. Tina's eyes did not carry an ounce of emotion in them.

and her health. She had nothing left in this world

the perfect life. Emily had everything Tina had lost. How

going was her hatred and resentment for Emily.

Emily down to hell with her, if that was

not try to be devious.

key point was to defeat Jacob. As long as Jacob was rendered powerless, no one could protect Emily anymore. Then he could torture both Jacob and Emily as he liked.

it felt to be desperate and

and elaborate methods he would use to torture

her to torture them as long as

that came out of his mouth, as she feigned

was as gentle as before. "Our parents haven't seen you in a long time. They're worried

key point was that if Mark continued to keep Tina locked up in his home for an indefinite amount time, his parents would start to

faked a smile and ridiculed him. "They are your parents, not mine," she